(19)
(11) EP 0 815 801 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.01.1998 Bulletin 1998/02

(21) Application number: 97109168.1

(22) Date of filing: 06.06.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: A61B 19/00, G02B 21/00
// A61B5/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 25.06.1996 US 669948

(71) Applicants:
  • Carl Zeiss
    D-89518 Heidenheim (Brenz) (DE)

    DE FR IT 
  • CARL-ZEISS-STIFTUNG, trading as CARL ZEISS
    89518 Heidenheim (DE)

    GB 

(72) Inventors:
  • Hellmuth, Thomas, Prof.Dr.
    73431 Aalen (DE)
  • Kaschke,Michael,Dr.
    73447 Oberkochen (DE)
  • Unold, Gerhard
    73457 Essingen (DE)
  • Moore, John C.
    Half Moon Bay, California 94019 (US)

   


(54) OCT-assisted surgical microscope with multi-coordinate manipulator


(57) Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for use during a neurosurgical procedure to enable a multi-coordinate manipulator (MCM) to locate blood vessels and nerves in a patients brain with submillimeter resolution. In addition, embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus for mapping oxygenation of brain tissue in three dimensions to differentiate tumor tissue from normal brain tissue with submillimeter resolution.















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